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Understand more about refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Build community knowledge to break down misinformation.
We’ve put together a series of information for you to use and share to help build your knowledge and the knowledge of others.Â
Know the terms
Here at RMC, we work a lot with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants of many kinds. These terms can get confusing and often cross over, so we thought we would help share some ways to find out more about the people we work with.
Migrant
An umbrella term, not defined under international law, reflecting the common lay understanding of a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons. The term includes a number of well-defined legal categories of people, such as migrant workers; persons whose particular types of movements are legally defined, such as smuggled migrants; as well as those whose status or means of movement are not specifically defined under international law, such as international students.
Refugee
A person whose asylum claim has been accepted by the government having fled their country of origin and is unable or unwilling to return because of a well-founded fear of being persecuted because of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.Â
Asylum Seeker
An individual who is seeking international protection. In countries with individualised procedures, an asylum seeker is someone whose claim has not yet been finally decided on by the country in which he or she has submitted it. Not every asylum seeker will ultimately be recognised as a refugee, but every refugee is initially an asylum seeker.
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Understand the Move-On Process
What happens when someone moves from asylum seeker to refugee?
Learn how the resettlement routes work
Understand more about Resettlement programmes and what happens at each stage
Key articles
The importance of volunteering​
‘Community’, A driver for Mental Health and Well-being
PIP Reforms: What does it mean for Refugees & Migrants
Fee waiver requests and the ICIBI report
Delays and Bureaucracy: Migrants trying to avoid destitution
Employment Challenges for Newly Arrived Communities
New Good Character Guidance – who is affected and how?
Did it work? The Syrian Resettlement Scheme
Deficiencies in the Family Visas process
Financial requirements on family visas
Great tools & organisations to learn more
Befriending training
Take part in Restore’s befriending training and learn new skills
